Iraqi Republican Guard

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elite military force military unit

The Iraqi Republican Guard was an elite military force in Iraq that served as Saddam Hussein’s primary instrument of regime protection and offensive operations.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Iraqi Republican Guard canonical 9
Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Division 2
Iraqi 12th Armored Division 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elite military force ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
allegiance Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Ba'athist Iraq
commandStructure separate from regular Iraqi Army ⓘ
conflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
disbandedBy Coalition Provisional Authority ⓘ
disbandedByOrder Coalition Provisional Authority ⓘ
surface form: Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2
disbandedIn 2003 ⓘ
eliteStatus better equipment than regular army ⓘ
higher pay than regular army ⓘ
establishedIn 1980 ⓘ
garrison Baghdad ⓘ
governedBy Iraqi Ministries of Defense and Interior ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Ministry of Defense
headquartersLocation Baghdad ⓘ
ideology Arab socialism ⓘ
surface form: Ba'athism
language Arabic ⓘ
loyalty Saddam Hussein ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad ⓘ
Battle of Khorramshahr ⓘ
Battle of Medina Ridge ⓘ
opponent Coalition forces in the Gulf War ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Armed Forces

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf Iraqi Security Forces ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Armed Forces
peakStrength over 100000 personnel ⓘ
primaryFunction conduct of offensive operations ⓘ
protection of Saddam Hussein's regime ⓘ
role offensive military force ⓘ
regime protection force ⓘ
selectionCriteria combat performance ⓘ
political loyalty ⓘ
subordinateTo Saddam Hussein ⓘ
successor Iraqi Security Forces ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi National Guard (post-2003, partial functional successor)
type armored forces ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
mechanized infantry ⓘ
uniformFeature distinctive insignia ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saddam Hussein → securityOrganizationControlled → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad (2003) → opponent → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saddam Hussein government forces
Battle of Baghdad (2003) → opponent → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad (2003) → involvesMilitaryUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Division
Battle of Baghdad (2003) → involvesMilitaryUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Baghdad Division
Operation Karbala-5 → involvedForce → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Sayid Jarrah → affiliation → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Battle of 73 Easting → opponent → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Battle of 73 Easting → opponentUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Tawakalna Division
Battle of 73 Easting → opponentUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi 12th Armored Division
Battle of Medina Ridge → opponent → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Battle of Medina Ridge → involvedUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Division
Battle of Medina Ridge → involvedUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Adnan Division
Battle of Baghdad → involvedUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad → involvedUnit → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Special Republican Guard
al-Bu Nasir tribe → providedPersonnelFor → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard leadership
Battle of Al-Faw → involvedForce → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
Radwaniyah Presidential Palace Complex → controlledBy → Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ